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Committee advances bill asking higher‑ed boards to add founding documents to required writing courses
Summary
HB219 instructs the Utah Board of Higher Education to establish policy for institutions to incorporate seminal documents and presidential speeches into required general‑education writing courses; committee adopted substitutes and voted 12–3 to recommend the bill.
The House Education Committee voted to recommend HB219, which would direct the Utah Board of Higher Education to require institutions to incorporate seminal documents — including founding documents, presidential speeches and key Supreme Court opinions — into required general‑education writing courses beginning in the 2026–27 academic year.
Representative Ballard, the bill sponsor, said the measure preserves instructor and institutional discretion…
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